Tom Hudson, head coach of Leicester Tigers, will step down at the season’s end; so will his deputy, Luke Stratford. This is yet another indication of the fraught nature of existence in the PWR. Any parallels you may draw with Premier League football only go to show the perils of the move towards professionalism. At
A sell-out finals day crowd for the second year in succession witnessed a blockbuster day of international rugby sevens as Australia and Argentina were crowned women’s and men’s HSBC SVNS Perth champions Spectacular end to HSBC SVNS Perth with epic women’s final in front of a full house at HBF Park Australia beat Olympic champions
Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks An astonishing result in astonishing conditions. This was Chiefs’ chance to catch up on their rivals at the top of the league. Bears’ loss yesterday to Trailfinders calmed their nerves a touch; could they profit? It was a heaven-sent opportunity for Susie Appleby to give her leading players a bit
PWR – Round 15 With the champions sitting this round out, the other four title hopefuls could make their mark. Glos-Pury spent the weekend wondering what life would feel like without Sean Lynn in charge. Rather like life without Susie Appleby, perhaps. Trailfinders v Bristol Bears For all their scoring successes, Trailfinders had never beaten
Having spent her first sporting life doing twists and flips in mid-air, Emily Henrich is now coming full circle as a rugby player. The American’s narrative arc will always be manna from heaven for the media. After all, she is a former champion aerials skier who switched to rugby after being drafted in to play
Time for me to make up for an omission. Back at the start of the year our friend at ladiesrugbyclub (ladiesrugbyclub.blogspot.com/ 2025/01/il-xv-del-2024-di-ladies-rugby-club.html ) in Italy published his idea of the top XV of 2024. It’s always interesting to see a different viewpoint. What do you make of his choices? 1 Hannah Botterman (England) 2 Emily
Rugby sevens fever is set to grip Perth once again as the city gears up to host the third round of HSBC SVNS 2025 at HBF Park on 24-26 January Perth set to host the third round of HSBC SVNS 2025 on 24-26 January as the world’s best 12 men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams
The Welsh Rugby Union have announced the name of the one person most likely to be handed the task of resurrecting Cymru’s fortunes: Sean Lynn. He has seen his club, Gloucester-Hartpury, rise to become double trophy winners in the English PWR, and they have a decent chance of a hat-trick of triumphs, That would be
PWR Round 14 – Complete with reactions Loughborough Lightning v Exeter Chiefs This was a contest to show the PWR at its tightest: a team with pretensions to taking the title visiting another on the way back; fifth v sixth. A half-time score of 7-7 showed the intensity of thr battle. No sooner had Chiefs
The Saturday Matches: Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers Gloucester-Hartpury v Trailfinders Sale Sharks v Harlequins Bristol Bears v Leicester Tigers Bears made changes to their ranks, an important one being Phoebe Murray in the unaccustomed position of 10. But she cast off doubts with a dangerous break through midfield that set off a long phase
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